Equity Policies in Global Higher Education : : Reducing Inequality and Increasing Participation and Attainment.

• Superior document: Issues in Higher Education Series
• Author: Tavares, Orlanda.
• TeilnehmendeR: Sá, Carla.; Sin, Cristina.; Amaral, Alberto.
• Place / Publishing House: Cham : : Springer International Publishing AG,, 2022.; ©2022.
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Issues in Higher Education Series
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (261 pages)

Table of Contents

• Intro
• Acknowledgements
• Contents
• Notes on Contributors
• Abbreviations
• List of Figures
• List of Tables
• Chapter 1: Introduction
• References
• Chapter 2: Equity in Higher Education: Evidences, Policies and Practices. Setting the Scene
• Definition of Equity
• Equity and Supranational Organisations
• Components of Equity
• Relative and Absolute Changes in Participation
• Massification and Diversification of the Systems
• Positional Goods
• Maximally Maintained Inequality (MMI) and Effectively Maintained Inequality (EMI)
• Discussion
• Tracking Systems
• The Selective Nature of Mathematics
• The Admission System
• Conclusion
• References
• Chapter 3: Access and Inequality in US Higher Education: Policy Issues
• Introduction
• US Financial Aid Policy
• Informational and Behavioural Constraints for Lower Income Applicants
• Affirmative Action Policies
• Conclusion
• References
• Chapter 4: The Persistence of Inequity in Brazilian Higher Education: Background Data and Student Performance
• Introduction
• Advances in Diversity of Enrolee Profiles: Only the Beginning
• Changes in Social Profiles of Graduates: Elitist Leftovers
• Performance of Graduates from Different Modes of Education: Quality Inequity
• Conclusion
• References
• Laws
• Chapter 5: Towards Equity: Developing a National Approach to Improving Social Justice through Higher Education in England
• Introduction
• The Compromise: Economic Returns and Social Justice
• The Drive for Social Justice in Europe
• Expansion, Diversity and the Struggle for Equity in England
• Research about Improving the Success of Traditionally Under-Represented Groups in Higher Education
• Students
• The Role of Higher Education Institutions
• The Role of the State
• National Approaches to Improving Success in Higher Education in England.
• Access Agreements/Access and Participation Plans
• Teaching Excellence and Student Outcomes Framework
• Conclusions
• References
• Chapter 6: Undergraduate Student Funding in England: The Challenges Ahead for Equity
• Introduction
• Student Funding Policies
• Changing Student Funding in England: Tuition Fees and Student Loans
• Policy Rhetoric
• Policy Predictions and Assumptions
• Expanding and Widening Participation
• Student Loan Eligibility and Take-up
• Loans Are Fair, and Loan Repayments Are Affordable and Risk Free
• Rising Student Loan Debt Deemed Immaterial
• Debt Aversion Is Irrational and Student Loans Enhance Student Choice
• Loans Have no Adverse Effects on Students' Post-Graduation Life Choices and Behaviour and Leave Untouched the Economic and Social Benefits of Higher Education
• Conclusions
• References
• Chapter 7: Data and Reflections on Access-Transition to Higher Education in Portugal
• Introduction
• From Secondary to Higher Education: Determinants of Inequalities
• Inequalities in Access to Portuguese Higher Education
• Inequality in Secondary Education Participation
• Inequality in Transition from Secondary to Higher Education
• Type of Secondary Education
• Students' Characteristics
• Regional Differences
• Internal Grades
• Conclusion
• References
• Chapter 8: Who Is Left Out? Inequalities in Higher Education Admissions and Placements in Portugal
• Introduction
• Persistence of Educational Inequalities in Portugal
• Data and Methods
• Findings and Discussion
• Who Is Left Out?
• Inequalities Within the Public Higher Education System
• First Preferences and Type of Institutions
• Selectivity of Study Programmes
• Conclusions
• Appendix
• References
• Chapter 9: An Equality Paradox? The Northern European Case
• Introduction
• Why Study Inequality in Education?
• The Nordic Context.
• Educational Policies in the Nordic Countries
• Analytic Approach
• Higher Education in the Nordic Countries from a Comparative Perspective
• Inequality in the Nordic Countries
• Discussion
• Policies for Equalisation
• References
• Chapter 10: Conclusion: Learning from the Past to Shape Future Policies Towards Equity in Higher Education
• Introduction
• Policies to Promote Equity and to Reduce Inequalities in Access and Success
• Persistent (Social) Inequalities
• Moving Forward
• References
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• Index.